Disney on Ice Princess Special

All of the Princess's came out at the end with the Prince Charmings!

Their costumes were amazing

Tinker Bell is Bella's Favorite

Gus Gus from Cinderella is one of John and I'd favortie because when Parker was little he always made grunts and nosies like him! And he's short and stocky too!

Once again trying to get a good picture...Someone is always making it difficult

Our kids are spolied by their grandma and grandpa!! They started taking the kids to Disney things last year. This was their 3rd one and it was AWESOME. John and I enjoyed it just as much as the kids did if not more! It was around 2 hours long and we could have watched and watched it for hours. The costumes, music, ice skaters etc were outstanding. The kids talked about it for days! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.

Ward Christmas Party

More Singing

Singing Christmas Carols

Showing her cards she made!

Making Cards and Wreaths for the nursing home

Snow/Winter Theme
Trying to get one good one is hard

Today we had our annual Ward Christmas Party! It's John's 3rd one as Activities Chairman...so that means my activity:). We had breakfast which was so yummy. We got some yummy food donated from a few guys in our ward from their works and it was awesome!! Thanks Nate and Scott! The men we in charge of cooking and serving also. They did a great job. We ate breakfast and than sang a few carols and than worked on organizing things for our service project for the community. We collected items for the local YMCA and shelters. We also made cards and wreaths for the youth to take to the nursing home. It was a great time and a great way to remember and reflect on how blessed we are and how so many don't even have the basic essentials. It was a great turn out and a wonderful way to start our day!

Poor Alex

Alex had his first visit to the ER on Friday night. (we are hoping it's the last). John and I went to see New Moon with some friends and when we got out I called to check in on the kids and my mom said that Alex had broken out in Hives and they were getting worse. Well my first reaction was ok lets go and grab some benadryl and head over there. But on the way there I was talking to the nurse, whom by the way wasn't much help at all, any ways he said we better take him in since he was so small and all. So we ventured over there at midnight. Luckily they got us in rather quickly and we had a great doctor who came in and was happy to see they had gone down on there own. So basically it's something that he is coming in contact with. Which means that it's on us. Since he is always held etc. So for the last 3 days the poor guy has been on meds and inbetween those he keeps swelling up with hives. So I am hoping tomorrow we can get pointed in some direction to start seeing what he's allergic too!

My little Dancing Machine!

Bella Love's to DANCE! We put her in a dance class a little over a year ago and she made it to 2 classes and we QUIT! She was swiming across the floor, looking out the window, and following her own tune. But at home this little girl will shake her lil' booty. She sings and dances all the time. It's so funny to watch her. She knows all the words to so many songs. Parker too! We have a lot of fun at our house dancing away!

Dancing Queen Take 2

Here's one more of Bella Dancing away!

Fall Family Photos

Alex 3 months old

Bella 4 years old

Parker 2 1/2 Years Old

All you need is Love

Today was finally a nice sunny day out...Yeah, it had been raining for a few days. So we decided to take our chances and have Kayleigh take some family photos of us. We had a fun time. even though it's like pulling teeth sometimes to get these kids to smile. But I am pleased with the results. We will probably try again if it's not too cold out over the next week. But am glad to finally get some family ones with Alex.

Run...Kick...Score...Goal...

Pass....It's suppossed to be something like that.....RIGHT...

We'd take any of it. but most of the time Bella was the one that was following the white lines. Yup, she'd be running around the circle, picking the grass, rolling around etc. There were a few times she would follow the skool of kids, we would laugh from the side line and say there those girls go again following all the other fish. They have no clue but yeah at least they are smiling. It was fun for us all though. John was their coach and Grandma and Grandpa are never far away. They are their biggest cheerleaders and supporters. And poor Parker all he wanted was to get out there and kick the ball. At least he got to join in on practice. It was also a ton of fun to because the Villarreals had their girls in soccer so we we see them every Sat. morning too. We are hoping this next spring she enjoys it more. If not its a fun family outing.

Bella's 1st day of Preschool

The backpack fits a little better than last year!

So happy after her first day!

Trying to focus but she wanted to watch all her friends!

It just amazes me how time moves by so quickly at times. I think it goes by even quicker when it involves our children. It seems like yesterday Bella was this sweet, tiny baby in our arms and nothing else mattered. She was such a peanut and so loving and our first born. But can you believe she is in her second year of pre-school and will start kindergarten next year...awww.

But she was thrilled to be back and she goes 2x a week for 2 hours and 45mins. She has her favorite teacher back, Amy. And the other 2 are new. She loves school so much and is learning something new everyday. We have so much fun with her watching her learn and grow. She is such a great little girl and I am so happy she enjoys all that she does and can't wait for more. We are so excited for this next year!

Happy Labor Day

On our rented Surrey Bike

The Hobbs on theirs...the Villarreal's were on one too!
Waiting in the park to rent bikes(well waiting for others to return)

By the falls...those glasses look a little buggy!!

So cute Bella and Karsyn

CHEESE BALLS

Climbing through the stream

Alex slept most of the time..aww I love sleeping babies

Cute little Hannah in the front making her way on the rocks.

Swimming in the wading pool

Karysn swimming..well playing right not deep enough for some to swimKaydree and Madisyn

Emily and Karsyn

Today was a wonderful way to end the summer!! It was so beautiful out, nice warm weather with a cool breeze here and there and we had great company and yummy food. (gotta love them cheese curds:)) We decided that we wanted to do something a little different today so we headed down to Minnehaha Falls Park to do some walking around, swimming, renting a surrey bike and much more. It was a blast. The bike was so much fun! It was a little tricky at times, especially up the hills...that's when Parker would yell, "go faster daddy, go faster." Little did he know we both were pedaling and we couldn't go any faster!! Mom and Dad are a little out of shape:) But it was so pretty in the park and it's something that we have never done. We then headed over to the creek where the kids played for awhile. Then it was off to get some treats. They had a band playing and food stands so we had, cheese curds, fries, pronto pups and more. We were hoping for mini donuts but no luck, oh-well. Then we headed over to the wading pool for everyone to cool down some. The moms even dipped their feet!

To finish off the day we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's and had pizza for dinner and enjoyed some time with them! I love days like these!

Soccer has Started!

Soccer Has offically started! We are hoping that it goes a little better than dance class did! John;s the coach and there are 10 kids on the team. I hope to get more pics next week...it doesn't help that Parker BROKE my camera right before soccer!! Gotta love em.